FOI release

SCC/FOI/05/20/OA Information about in-bound and out-bound mail

Published 18 March 2021

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FOI Release: SCC/FOI/05/20/OA

Freedom of Information Request regarding information on in-bound and out-bound mail.

Published 11 June 2020

Letter by email

Dear [redacted]

I write in response to the emails you sent to me on 19 May 2020. You requested the following information on inbound and outbound mail:

  • 1. The number of physical posts received from Royal Mail.
  • 2. The number of envelopes received in 2019.
  • 3. Whether the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s office processes the work inhouse or if it outsourced to a specialist provider.
  • 4. Whether the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s office sends physical post by the likes of Royal Mail, Whistl or UK Mail.
  • 5. The number of envelopes sent in 2019.
  • 6. Whether the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s office produces the work inhouse or if it outsourced to a specialist provider.

Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Q1. Do you send physical post by the likes of Royal Mail, Whistl or UK Mail?

I am an independent regulator supported by Home Office staff who make use of Home Office systems and resources. I do not hold the information which you have requested. You may consider a separate request to be made to the Home Office under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act should you require information regarding matters relevant to the Home Office.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below, quoting reference SCC/FOI/05/20/OA. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the response.

[redacted]

As part of any internal review my handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff that were not involved in providing you with this response. If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Q2. What was the number of envelopes sent in 2019?

Please see answer to Q1.

Q3. Do you produce the work in-house or is it outsourced to a specialist provider?

Please see answer to Q1.

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